Shop Local: Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery in Germanton, NC

Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery is an easy drive from Winston-Salem, just a few minutes down NC 8.

Buffalo Creek is a family run farm, ethically raising and direct marketing meats with no added hormones and no antibiotics. Their animals are being raised in a natural environment, enjoying winter hay produced right on the farm with no sprays or commercial fertilizers.

Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery recently became a Grade B Dairy, and their raw milk aged farmstead cheeses are made with milk only from their herd.    Their cheeses are aged from two to eight months in both natural rinds and wax rinds.

Take a peek inside the creamery!

In addition to their goat's milk cheeses, farm-fresh eggs, farmstead meats and goat milk soap, Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery offers an array of local foods from other local growers.  The onsite store is filled with country ham, jellies, candy and honey.  There are also handmade crafts and gifts available.

Be Loyal, Buy Local

Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery has made a commitment to purchase and use the services of locally owned businesses.

"Supporting Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery, LLC supports our family as well as other local farmers while also tantalizing your taste buds!

Our mission is to bring our farm's fresh meats, eggs and goat cheese, along with other local food, to the tables of families and restaurants throughout the Piedmont Triad area of North Carolina. Not only do we provide delicious, healthful and flavorful food to consumers, but you provide us an opportunity for economic advancement in our rural community of Germanton, NC by supporting Piedmont agriculture."

We stopped by Buffalo Creek earlier this week with my girls and a young friend of ours.  Robin greeted us, talked to us about the animals on the farm and and let us enjoy the view for a few minutes.  (This is a working farm;  not a petting farm.  According to their website, they do have plans in the future for small tours.)  Here's a quick clip from our visit to the farm.

While we were there, we bought honey produced by Tyson's Farm from Madison, NC and apple butter made by Mother Holtz Farm in Germanton.  We were surrounded by so much local yumminess it was really hard to stick to my budget and just buy those two items. Each girl was also given a page of lamb themed stickers.  They had a great time!

Another wonderful thing about Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery is that they are the only public pick-up location in Forsyth County for Piedmont Local Food.  This virtual farmers market connects growers to chefs and individuals through buying clubs.  "Not only does it provide delicious, healthful and flavorful food to consumers, but it provides an opportunity for economic advancement in rural communities and supports the Piedmont agrarian tradition."-- PiedmontLocalFood.com

There are many great reasons to shop the Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery.  Be Loyal, Buy Local!

Shop Local Saturday (and an open letter to the local businesses of the Piedmont Triad)

An open letter to the local businesses of the Piedmont Triad: 

I'm the founder of Piedmont Triad Living, a blog that shares free and low cost family events in the Piedmont Triad.  I am also a big supporter of shopping local! 

This week I am launching a brand new website!  I am offering FREE button ads to the first 8 local businesses in 

EACH Piedmont Triad county to respond. The first four businesses in each county to respond will have a 250x250 ad on their community page, the next four will receive a 125x125 ad.  All businesses will also receive a 250x250 button on the "shop local" page.  (For a total of TWO FREE ADS on the website.)  The free ads will show for a minimum of two weeks. This offer is open to all independent, locally owned businesses, artists, crafters, farms, independent consultants, realtors, etc in Alamance, Caswell, Davie, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and Yadkin counties.

If you're interested, send your square photo/logo to me at piedmonttriad(at)live.com.   The ads will link directly to your website, so be sure to include the web address you'd like to link to, as well as the county your business is located.  Email me if you have questions, or you can reach me by phone at 336-577-7785. Please help me get the word out and share with anyone you think may be interested in this free advertising! 

I am really excited to expand my Piedmont Triad living repertoire to include a website!  The facebook page has a reach of 96,000+ people, and the blog is averaging over 1200 views a month.  My audience was built with no advertising, just sharing.  Our motto is "Piedmont Triad Living: living, laughing, loving, playing and shopping local... on a budget!"  It is my goal to make Piedmont Triad Living the first resource for families looking for thing to do and ways to keep their shopping money within our community. Please help me get the word out and share our new website, as well as the blog and facebook page.  The website is http://www.PiedmontTriadLiving.com.  There you'll find links to our blog and facebook page.  You can share, tweet, pin and google+ to your hearts desire!

These FREE ad spaces are going fast, send us your photo today! 


All the best,

Jessica Lewis, Founder
Piedmont Triad Living

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Also giving a shout out to Downtown Kernersville, for yet another fun and exciting Halloween Trick-or-Treat Event!

We picked up a few flyers from local businesses along the way...

9/19 Sunday

Germanton-- Austin Doub Fun Day Annual Muscular Dystrophy Fundraiser, 1121 Terry Rd. 3:00pm-7:00pm.  Food, games, desserts, silent auction, car show and more.  Every dollar raised by the silent auction, bake sale and food goes to the Muscular Dystrophy Association.  Admission is free.

Sweet Swirls Birthday Party Invitation by hatched prints

Greensboro-- Homemade Ice Cream and Live Music Community Event at Hinshaw UMC 4501 High Point Road.  Homemade ice cream and live music provided by the Hinshaw Worship Band.  This free event is open to the community and will be from 4:30pm-6:30pm.

Burlington-- The Burlington Farmer's Market continues.   Click this link for more details!